Indeed ... I think what few imperfections there may have been were lovingly overlooked by that audience ... we know that children are still learning! Nothing will ever come out perfectly ... my favorite pianist Alfred Brendel sometimes missed a note or two even in his prime .... and so did Beethoven ... but what happens is that if the communication is made, the fact that we are still human is received with love and forgiveness. In Herr Brendel's case, if you watch him sometimes, you know he is being so moved by what he is playing and experiencing that he has a double task: holding it together, and playing well enough to communicate! Every so often Herr Moll bent time signatures and just carried pianists and audiences along for the ride because of the same challenge! We get to stay human ... even the great names of the past did, and that is part of what made them great. Your son has grasped the secret -- practice hard, communicate well, and it is OK to be fully human while doing it!
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That is indeed the essence and the greatest thing one musician can and should learn! <3
I am the Carlos Kleiber of children's choir directors in a church setting ... I get on their nerves about practice, decorum, how they sit, how they stand ... and then we go have the house on its feet (although I almost fell out laughing at that one video when Herr Kleiber nailed some member of the orchestra with a dirty look during the performance when a note was missed -- that is so me, for better because it works, and for worse because now I know what I look like to my choir members). I never speak to them of their musical mistakes. I just make plans to go fix said mistakes at the next time of preparation. The most important thing at this stage to teach them is how to practice well and communicate clearly, and give them room to be human and growing.